Overview
- Hamburger SV’s women’s side, which fired head coach Liese Brancao and assistant Gerhard Waldhart on Monday, installed club veteran Rodolfo Cardoso to lead the final four league matches.
- HSV sits 12th in Germany’s top division for women, holding a three-point cushion over a direct relegation spot with the season nearing its end.
- Brancao, hired in July 2025 after success in Austria, managed 24 competitive games at HSV with a 0.88 points average from five wins, six draws, and 13 losses.
- Cardoso, a former HSV playmaker and long-time youth coach, takes his first role in women’s football after 137 senior matches for the men’s team between 1996 and 2004.
- Club board member Eric Huwer said the change aims to give the squad a new impulse, fresh energy, and the looseness needed to hit the points required for safety.